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Narcisse asks if H&H is prepared for a surge of scared patients

New York City Council · Oct 28, 2026 · starts 1:02:51 · 23 sec

Narcisse asks whether H&H is seeing an increase in scared patients and whether it has enough staff to handle enrollment. Long calls the coming Medicaid changes a crisis affecting up to 900,000 New Yorkers but says it is foreseeable, unlike COVID.

Mercedes Narcisse

Do you observe an increase of people seeking it for the health and saying that now they're scared?

Mercedes Narcisse

Is that an increase right now?

Mercedes Narcisse

If there's an increase, we know it's coming.

Mercedes Narcisse

So are we prepared for it?

Mercedes Narcisse

Do we have enough staff?

Mercedes Narcisse

To take care of their enrollment for like the one that coming to enroll for Medicaid or whatever that we can assess what's going on.